[Chorus]
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago

[Verse 1]
He saw an animal upon a hill
Chewing up so much grass until he was filled
He saw milk coming out but he didn't know how
“Ah, think I'll call him a cow”

[Chorus]
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago

[Verse 2]
He saw an animal leaving a muddy trail
Real dirty face and a curly tail
He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big
“Ah, think I'll call him a pig”

[Chorus]
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago
[Instrumental break]

[Verse 3]
Next animal that he did meet
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep
“Ah, think I'll call him a sheep”

[Chorus]
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago

[Verse 4]
He saw an animal leaving a muddy trail
Real dirty face and a curly tail
He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big
“Ah, think I'll call it a pig”

[Chorus]
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago
[Verse 5]
Next animal that he did meet
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep
“Ah, think I'll call it a sheep”

[Verse 6]
He saw an animal as smooth as glass
Slithering his way on through the grass
Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake
"Ah, I think I call him a snake"

[Outro]
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago
In the beginning (In the beginning)
In the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago
In the beginning, in the beginning
In the beginning
In the beginning, long time ago